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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Identify the best suitable reagent for the following reaction.

  1. A Concentrated Sulphuric acid
  2. B Dilute Sulphuric acid (10%)
  3. C Concentrated Sulphuric acid & Concentrated Nitric acid
  4. D Concentrated Acetic acid (fuming)
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(A) Concentrated Sulphuric acid

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Halogen atoms are ortho-para directing but deactivating groups(due to -Ieffect).The ortho product is the minorproduct and the para product is the major product. In presence of Concentratedsulphuric acid chlorobenzene undergoes aromatic electrophilic substitution reaction to form…